Burner for gas-lamps.



W. H'. REID( BURNBR FOR-GAS LAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8,1910.y

.Patennednea 20, 1910.r 4

To dll 'whom it VBev it known that I, WILLIAM Rein, :i

' citizen of'the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn,.,in the cou'l 'of Kings and Stato of New York, have`1vente'd certain new and-useful Improvements in Burners I: .for Gas-Lamps, of which the fol-lowing is u specification.

This invention has foi its object to vprovide a burne` device f cr gas burners V1n whiclia pairof burners are supported in '.with 'acetylene lamps' for motor cars', vand ,position to cause uiflat flame to be produced 'at the sane place relatively tc the member -or device, upon 'gasbeing suppliedunder pressure; fand is especially designed for misc" with the employment "of the usualforked'or impinging jet st leof burner.

-Asfurther cb ect is to. rovidejin such a' device,'1swoburners of di 'ere'nt capacity'- or candlep'ower, so that by'simply iverting the -flowo f'gas to-"either burner, a bright light or a small light can be obtained at will, without the necessity of changing o shifting thefbui-'nei' members.`

I n the accompanying drawing, showing embodiment'sof myinvention, Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a vertical section;

Fig. 'i5-isili4 plan view; Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing 'cli-Herent sized burners; Fig.

'shows diugrammaticlly means for distant' control' Fig. f'rs afsectin'like Fig'. 2 with vulveshifted; and 7'-11.show vertical sections of-anotlier -frm of valve dev ice.

The invention, broadly stated comprises a burner device having apair ci burners iiiclined toward each other, sol that the ilame e plane' arms j T ese two-burner mem rs 8 andi-"JA from euch burner will loca-tedv in prac-- 'tically ,the same' place, when eitherI burner is` lighted.' Aslsliown the burner device. coinvprises achambered body meinber' ,having urner members or tips 8 and 9, set in socket portions 10, and 1I,iii the body. The ineinbers 8 .and 9, which are usually' made of Sonie highly refractory material such as lava, are

and l'each, that have .gas orifices emerging -on their nnercrop osite' faces, .and convergent-,tc cause the Jets issuin ,therefrom to iinpinge and I'Pen ame, and iii' (produce a fl'at lane of the icular to the are inclined toward A each other, or .convergent, and 'tlleplanes 'of their arms will intersecty in. a hrizontal linea short distance above the device. The two burner members specification of Letten Patent. Applica/mm Med septal-libert', 1910. Serial Re. {580,}8/94:

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l Whenthe device is a plied to burners will produce a, at flame in thefocus of the reflector, and either burner, A'when supplied with gas,will be in the repen-position' to .have`its rays used to the' t advantage; 'b'y the-lampt The body member is referably provided '(0 -with a shunting device wlliereby the gas from' 4a .supply pipe can be direc'ted to-eitlier burner memberat will.` The-body I has. bore 15 in which turns'a. 'valve-14, which has ,a recess oiggbgnnel'l, that-incite position -75 ofthe valvelwill connect the v:inlet port of the bodyv'vitha passage 1S-lead "to-.the ,burner-member 8;' as''sh'own in^ -ig.j4.l Whenthe valve. is turned Afr ointlii's"'} )'o 'sitio'n f the channel will coinectftlilile L. rti-Jf-b. with-the passage1 9 leadingftki.' thel` d 1' member 9, andthe'burne'fS is now'cutcut from gas-supply. f' This channel- 1 6 ispref" erably so shapedthat. when 'turning-tite valve from one position tc the other, upon one burner being lighted, the .den partl connected and will supp y of gas, before-the, ot-he entirely cut out and extinguishedivHence,

by slowly turning the vulve, the'd'eadiliurner.'90` fwillignite before the other extiiiguished; andthe use ofl-ightingmeansis nbt required, as the-one burner Awill lightA frori'f'i'15e-Rathert ,In the luse of i'ny inventionwliere the twoV burners are of. the same candle power, w tlie burner in use becomes clogged, as. quite,

J frequently occurs by fine particles lodging in the si'nall passages of the ti xrimber, the valve'is simply turned slow y and the. 100 burner inuse is cut out, while t-lie"'otli er burner is connected with the' supply ,p and at the same time will-ignite frointlld., burner that is beingr extinguished.' .If desired the valve muy be omitted en# tirely, und each burner connect separate supply conduit, as indicated 4in Fig. 5, in w iich two-burner members are shown. A v -i 'i"',. In certain'lccalities it is requiredthat the' owei. This is generally in'towns with w'ell ighted streets. But v when the occupants of n motor enr drive-out-of such restricted districts :it night, it is very desiriibletobe sible to have the/maximum illumination,.suc h as .a candle power of one hundred. :This is' easily accom lished by my invention byhavwill ignite, andthe small .upon out out.4

ing one of t e'burner members 8, of sinall .ca ac'ity, as sixteen candle power while the ot er burner 9 is of larger cpaeit as one hundred candlepower;V asvindicate in Fig. 3. When the car is running in the restricted area' the valve is turned to cause the low power burner to be connected with thesupply pi e; and when the car leaves thejrestricted) territory, the valve is slowly 'turned to bring the larger burner into service, that burner is .there- In Fig. 5 is represented diagranimatically means for controlling two lamps having the double burner de vicef from the Seat. of :i motor vehicle.- The burner device 30 of one -lamp has the two inclined burners Bl vand 32.. The otherlamp liajs' the vburner device 33 prvidedfwith the inclined -burners 34 :md 35. A" souiceof gas supply '3Q-@such u s ateinkor' generator. is conneeted,

- one burner' 35 of one-'h rl'npfwhile a-briinch valve device orgineinber by pipe, 'l

A main conduit 4l connects the 'valve 38-4 with the other burner-34 of one `-lzimp.; wliil'e` ii branch '42 runs from the latter conduit over -to ,the otherburner 32 of the other lamp. -By this' .means the vulve 3.8,'whicli muy be an ordinii tlireewnyvilve lor of tion will eonne'ctthe gas supply-with one (it)v 'bnrnerof eaoli linnn, and when shifted the vulve will cnt theseburners out :md connect the other hui-ner of each laiiip'with the' gas supply.v By n sin'g one large :uid one .smulli .burner in eac-li lnmp, nn;l\"'connected with the saine/ 11min -conduit, the vit'lve will serve to emineet either thesmall or the large, flame, :md produce't'he full'light, or the restricted light, by merelyfoperatiilg gie valve from the dijivers sont on the cai-.

Anotherforin of vulve levie' is slio\\ n'ii Figs.v 7-'11, `in consecutive p" sitions. "I h'e valve hotly :28 hns burner ports 2l und 2'2, that connect witl'i inlet port 23liii the body,

by passage 25 in plug i'silve 24." The pnssage 25 has :i wide outlet port Q'I'thsit connects with thepmits 2l untljlZ; und also wide pori 2li that connects with vport 25h Tn the position shown in Fig..8, ioi't 2'( of: the plug connects Ywith the burner 21, nml

Y port 26 nf the plug connects with the inlet 23, admitting; full How of gas to one burnercoiineeterl with port 21. When the'valve is turned to the position shown in Figf'l), the

lelined to the plane-ofthejetsff th other or :i restricted light.

prod i sas from @..nipetth b the form -shown 1n ig. 2, when iiiione'posi 4the saine platee .to the devieegthe@planeoflthe jetspfton to divert the'gas to either. burner;

port- 27 connectsv withibo'thof thief-burner gi'asis also admitted to .previously lightedg Al further movement of cut ot the port- 21 undbiirnerqr,

t-heI lug wil 9. itis" desiredt'o Ahave a restricted How' toy burner 8, 'the plugis shifted to the position of Fig. 11, when'the port 26 will'reg-- ister withonly n. small'portion of the gnap port 23, in the' body. And to obtain'iiie- 75 sti'i'cted flowof gas-to the burner 9, the )lug is turned tothe position of I4`ig. 7,"jn 'w iig-h', the---port 21 is in connection with the valve -portgvbut the port26 willonly register with ai portion of'tlie'; inlet ort 23. By using A'80 this forniof'-\"alve witi the iii-rangement y Havin'gthus described-my ii'iventiori,v whet- Iclaimisz- Y 1. A burner device provided with `a pair of forked burner members .reach-having a 'the-der .f1-the Planer." liu er beingfgncl 'ined to.

i'of the 'device in- Ll.

other' bniiicr to burner to lintersect abovethe device, 'a gas the device.-

'jets of the other burner to`int erseet above if" of forked burner ineinhersv each A4ha'ivin jet 1 Aorifices convergentto produce" a flat ame, 5

the' burner members being inclined with the planes-of the. forks convergent` tvointersect in 'a horizontal line :i short distance tibove the burners. l

5. A bur'ner device provided with ai. psiijh of forked burner members eaehliazvin ;|`et:" '7

the burner members beingin lined wit-lr sect on n' horizontllineashort dis'tlnceabove the device, aj. gas-supplly if wenn; neeted with the device, and a viii orifices convergent to prod nce-'arlaty ame,- jl- 'the planes' of'the forks' .convergent-t nterl' 1?5 iso Cri

6. A burner device provided with -a Vpair 'of forked burner members of different capacity, each member having jet orifices con- .vergent -to members being inclined with the 4planesA ofl the forks convergent to intersect ,on a horivvzontal line above thev device.

produce a lat Han1e,'the'bnrner 7.4The combina-tion of a pair of burner devices, each device having a pair-'of forked burner members. positioned to produce a dat H amein thesame place in the same -plane. relative to the device, a'sour'ce of gas supply, a valve dev1ce, a conduit connectingV the gas source with the valve, a. main conduitleadlnglfrom the valve toone vburner said main conduit ivith -whereb},r to connect one burner of each dewith the of one of the devices, a branch :troni .said

conduit to one burner oi (he other deviue, a' main conduit from the valve to another of said burners, and a branch from the latter conduit to the other i'mrner of the otherdevice, the va'ive being: arranged to connect vice with thelgas supply in one position1 and to connect the other gas 'supply 1n another position.l

WILLIAM H. INCH).- iritilesses:

L. C.. Bannan, J. R. Ferri-r.

the gas supp1y,.

burner in each device 25 

